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46 - [MODERN ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS]. SET OF 6 VOLUMES: WILDE (O.
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[MODERN ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS]. SET OF 6 VOLUMES: WILDE (O.). THE PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GRAY. Stock, 1946. In-4 format, in the publisher’s cardboard slipcase and jacket. 12 etchings by Reynold Arnould. One of 12 copies numbered on custom-sized pure rag vellum, first edition, with a SERIES of the illustrations on China paper – NERVAL (G. de). THE ENCHANTED HAND. Marcel Besson, 1943. Quarto in red shagreen, gilt head, cover preserved, slipcase. 30 colour illustrations by Émile Blanche. One of 600 copies numbered on Renage vellum – GALTIER-BOISSIÈRE (J.). LA BELLE AMOUR. La Bonne Compagnie, 1943. In-4½, polished shagreen with corners, ribbed spine, gilt head, original cover preserved. 16 colour illustrations by Dignimont, printed by stencil. One of 1,025 numbered copies on white vellum – VERCEL (R.). CAPITAINE CONAN. Moulin de Pen-Mur, 1947. Large in-4½, garnet-coloured shagreen, ribbed spine, cover preserved. 24 colour woodcuts by André Collot. One of 500 numbered copies on vellum from the Papeteries de Lana – ROMAINS (J.). LES COPAINS. Jeanne Walter, 1929. Large 4½-inch format in red shagreen, smooth spine, title gilded in the Japanese style, head gilded, cover preserved. Cover preserved but stained, with marked foxing. 86 colour woodcuts by R. de Villepreux, including 10 half-titles. One of 400 numbered copies on Arches vellum. Author’s autograph dedication on the half-title page – BARBUSSE (H.). LE FEU. ‘War’ collection, [1930]. Two quarto volumes in black morocco, the covers decorated with a mosaic pattern in red barbed wire, plain spine, title in red, gilt head. 32 lithographs (including 23 half-tits.) by Berthold-Mann. One of 1,050 numbered copies on Rives vellum.
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS
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